The Global Food Irradiation Market is expected to reach $194.97 million
at a CAGR of 4.3% during the forecast period 2015 to 2022. In the
present livelihood the people are in need for functional foods which has
greater shelf life. Moreover, the demand for managing food-borne
illnesses and extension of the shelf life of the food products are
favoring the market growth.

Whereas factors such as maintaining the quality of raw irradiated meats,
developing methods to identify irradiated foods and bringing awareness
in public about the integrity of foods are made safer by irradiation,
which in turn is an opportunity for the market.

Steam Pasteurization and Ultra-High Pressure Technology segment is
anticipated to be the largest revenue generating market owing to the
rise in number of packaged foods food for daily consumption. However,
North America accounted for the largest market and Asia Pacific to be
the fastest growing because of more number of population depending on
the functional food habits.